UPDATE THANKS TO EVERYONE

Went to my pcp today and was very pleased with out come!!! She spent 1 1/2 hours with me and i got everything off my chest!!! We are going to start over with my tx plan, start savella tomorrow morning and stop my other antidepressant, weening off opana and hydrocodone so she can put me on a nonnarcotic for pain, she stopped me going to the pain clinic since they were doing nothing for me and also took blood to check my thyroid, may need to adjust meds again. We are making a list and crossing off what doesnt work and trying something new and so on. Very happy with this plan. Start water arobics tomorrow as well. Iam going to take active roll in my tx now that i have come to terms with my dx of fibro and cfs. Thanks everyone for all your help!!!

Good! Glad to hear you're feeling "up" and taking matters into your own hands. And that your doctor took the time to sort it all out with you. That is wonderful news.

Debbie

This is great news!  I'm glad you have a doctor that is listening to you now.  That's half the battle.

 

There are some good supplements that help many with fibro.  I know I mentioned them to you before so you might ask about that, too.  They have helped me with pain and fatigue.

 

Another thing is gentle exercises.  I'm happy you are going to aerobic swimming classes now.  Other good gentle exercises for fibro are walking and yoga.  Gentle exercise really helps a lot with the pain and fatigue.

 

Finally, keeping that positive attitude alive that you latched on to yesterday!  It honestly helps with the pain, too.  Don't look at the negative things in your life.  Look at the positive things, and I'm sure you have a lot of that! 

 

I'm really glad you are starting on a fresh journey with fibro and I know you will get in control of the pain.  You have a full and enjoyable life awaiting you!

 

Let us know how you are doing!

 

Sherrine

Sounds like you had a great appt. with a Dr. that is willing to explore other options to help your pain.

I really hope that you are going SLOW with the weaning off your pain meds and more specifically your antidepressant as that can be very dangerous to stop an anti-d suddenly.

And with the pain meds, to prevent withdrawal, they should also be tapered over a period of time.

Is the Dr. having you taper everything?

sounds good.

Tina, I live in Tampa Bay so I know all about the heat.  Summer is my worst time with fibro because of the heat, humidity, and rain.  I walk just as the sun is peeking out in the morning...about 6:30 AM.  It's not really hot..it is humid but I can get my walk in.  It's a great time of day because all the critters are getting up and looking for breakfast.  I love seeing them, the dew on the grass and plants.  This brings a smile to my face.  My precious dog passed on seven months ago but we would walk for one mile every morning.  In the winter, I would go out later because it was too chilly!  Sometimes, in the cooler weather we would walk two times a day.  But, when I started out walking, I could only go four houses down and had to turn around and head back.  Not any more!  I just built it up. 

 

If I am in a lot of pain and I couldn't take ibuprofen, I would take extra strength Tylenol and take a hot shower.  That helps loosen you up.  Then walk around more.  Possibly clean out that drawer you've been meaning to do or turn on a good movie or program and get up and walk around during the commercials, etc.  This takes the focus off the pain.  

 

There is an alternative product that has won awards for pain relief.  It's called Curamin.  It has tumeric and a few other pain relieving herbs in it and it does help!  Tumeric is in curry powder but you would have to eat barrels of curry!  This also has gone through a process that helps it be more absorbable.  You can buy tumeric really cheap but your body doesn't absorb it nearly as well as this product.  It's just an idea.

 

Sherrine